Decemberists Turn The Hazards of Love Into Animated Film

It's called Here Come the Waves

The Decemberists' The Hazards of Love has taken on many lives. First, it was an ambitious concept album/rock opera about forest queens and shape-shifters. Then, the band took it on the road, playing the entire full-length album every night and bringing two of the album's guest singers with them. And next month, Colin Meloy and co. will push The Hazards of Love to full-on The Wall status, releasing the album as a full-length video.

Here Come the Waves: The Hazards of Love Visualizedpremiered at a show in Los Angeles on October 19, and onÂ December 1, it'll be available exclusively via iTunes. Filmmakers GuilhermeMarcondes, Julia Pott, Peter Sluszka and Santa Maria created animations to accompany individual sections of music from the album.